Where to find buyers
Where to find buyers for Natural honey
Natural honey for packers, grocery wholesalers, and specialty retailers.
Importing countries
HS 040900 is natural honey. Preparations of honey with other ingredients fall elsewhere and are not in these figures.
Official description: Honey; natural. Period 2024, flow import, partner World. Retrieved 2026-10-27. Reporters in the response: 142. The preview count matched the stored rows.
| # | Reporter | primaryValue USD | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA | 650242175.0 | 254,927,207.816 kg |
| 2 | Germany | 242308602.12 | 78,771,958.062 kg |
| 3 | Japan | 136822667.32 | 45,415,770.0 kg |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 123067203.755 | 60,306,599.0 kg |
| 5 | France | 110418996.085 | — |
| 6 | Netherlands | 92323734.66 | 22,846,446.0 kg |
| 7 | Italy | 70494814.826 | 22,207,910.0 kg |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 68661231.083 | 18,509,207.0 kg |
Figures are Comtrade primaryValue literals. Aggregate partners (World, Areas, nes, and Other …, nes) are omitted. Rank in this table is by primaryValue among the reporters kept.
Top 5 channels on the free ranking
The free tier on this page is the top 5. The $19 report adds 9 more channels and 14 outreach angles, one on every channel.
Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS 424490 (United States industry classification) grocery wholesalers distribute honey to retail and food service. Money is 5. Authority is 4. Need is 5 because natural honey is a grocery commodity this heading names.
Natural Products Expo West
Natural Products Expo West (expowest.com) is where natural-food buyers review specialty grocery, including honey. Money is 5. Authority is 4. Need is 5.
Source: Natural Products Expo West
USA — reported imports of HS 040900
primaryValue 650242175.0 USD (650,242,175.0) · 2024 imports from World · rank 1 of 141
USA reported primaryValue 650242175.0 USD (shown with separators as 650,242,175.0) for HS 040900 imports from the world in 2024. That number is the UN Comtrade public-preview CIF primary value for partner World. Reported quantity: 254,927,207.816 kg (Comtrade flagged the quantity as estimated). Money is 5 because this reporter ranks 1 of 141 reporters in that response by primaryValue. Authority is 4 because the country is where the buyers are: importers and distributors there hold the purchase order, and the country itself does not. Need is 5. The official heading names this product, so the import value is a direct Comtrade measure of recorded trade in it. Official commodity description: Honey; natural. The preview count matched the rows stored (142), under the 500-row cap.
Source: UN Comtrade public preview API, HS 040900, 2024 imports from World
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
O*NET 13 (United States occupation classification)-1022.00 buyers choose honey for a wholesale or retail set. Money is 4. Authority is 5. Need is 5.
Purchasing Managers
O*NET 11 (United States occupation classification)-3061.00 Purchasing Managers at packers approve a honey supplier. Money is 4. Authority is 5. Need is 4.
Source: O*NET OnLine, United States occupation classification, 11-3061.00 — Purchasing Managers